Principal Software Engineer, athenaCollector

athenahealth; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of high-quality UX frameworks for a key healthcare platform. In this role, you'll provide technical leadership, mentor other engineers, and design scalable applications that enhance user experience across numerous workflows. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that values creativity and collaboration, while making a significant impact on the future of healthcare technology. Join a team that is passionate about improving healthcare accessibility and quality for all through cutting-edge solutions.

Benefits

Commuter support

Employee assistance programs

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Collaborative workspaces

Flexible work arrangements

Company-sponsored events

Hackathons

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of software engineering experience with product development expertise.
• Extensive experience with modern web technologies and cloud environments.
• Ability to lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and contribute to system design and development.
• Design scalable applications and mentor other engineers on best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop product solutions.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Java

Spring Boot

Node JS

OpenSearch

PostgreSQL RDS

DynamoDB

S3

Agile

CI/CD

object-oriented programming

RESTful APIs

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Perforce

Git

Terraform

Jenkins

Groovy

Docker

Job description

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our UX Frameworks team, within the Collector Platform organization. Collector is a key product of the athenaOne suite, helping our medical provider clients manage their business and revenue cycle (RCM), automating claims and billing, for well over $200 billion in client revenue. At Collector Platform, we build the technical backbone that empowers athenaOne developers to accelerate innovation, thereby helping shape the future of healthcare.

You are an experienced Frontend Engineer, who is passionate about building the next generation UX frameworks and components that are of high quality. You are willing to think deeply about problems at a UI-Platform level, with an eye to improving the consistency and quality of the user experience across hundreds of workflows across athenaOne. You demonstrate and inspire design & engineering excellence and have experience building web applications, preferably in public and private cloud environments. You are an excellent communicator and a nimble learner who embraces the challenges and complexity of working in the healthcare space.

The Team

Your future team is responsible for designing, building and maintaining UX frameworks and components to enable our R&D teams to efficiently create a common product experience using athena-specific, intuitive and performant workflow models.

Come join this innovative team that is moving quickly to meet the fast-growing market demand.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and contribute individually to system design and development as part of an Agile team consisting of Engineers, a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and a UX Designer.

• Design scalable and high-performing applications, adhering to agreed-upon best practices. Mentor other engineers on the team and the broader development organization on technical design best practices.

• Develop high-quality software components and services in adherence with R&D guidelines on Security, Performance, Scalability, etc.

• Lead by example to position code review as an important vehicle for 2-way teaching and learning to improve code quality and avoid tech debt.

• Align resources and synchronize efforts across multiple teams to deliver on product and business goals.

• Collaborate inclusively with cross-functional team members to develop product solutions and promote productivity and effectiveness.

• Take ownership of what the team builds and coordinate efforts to ensure proper completion.

• Contribute to the architectural roadmap. Direct company-wide application software architecture design methods, tools, and practices. Lead the evolution of technical design tools, techniques and strategies.

• Take a leadership role in all operational activities and be the go-to person when a complex live site/production incident occurs.

• Share business and technical learnings with the broader engineering and product organization, while adapting approach for different audiences.

Typical Qualifications

• 12-15 years of software engineering experience with significant product development expertise.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

• Extensive experience with modern HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript and React.

• Knowledge of modern programming languages such as: Java, Spring Boot, Node JS.

• Knowledge of datastores such as OpenSearch, PostgreSQL RDS, DynamoDB, S3.

• Experience architecting/developing solutions on AWS.

• Knowledge of Version control management tools like Perforce & Git.

• Knowledge of DevOps tools like Terraform, Jenkins, Groovy, Docker.

• Experience with object-oriented programming, relational database technologies, distributed computing tech and RESTful APIs.

• Demonstrated experience leading or developing high quality, enterprise scale software products using a structured system development lifecycle.

• Aiding the development of frontend architecture.

• Ability to write code that is technically sound, performant, scalable, and readable.

• Ability to lead teams/technical projects including technical design, scoping and estimation.

• We work in an Agile environment; experience with Agile and CI/CD concepts preferred.

About athenahealth

Here’s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

What’s unique about our locations?
From a historic, 19th-century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.

Our company culture might be our best feature.
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.

Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work.

What can we do for you?
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And we provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.

We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.

athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity